Just a Dog Podcast

Just a Dog Podcast

Just a Dog Podcast isn’t about obedience or quick fixes. It’s about reflection. Host Nadine, a long-time volunteer dog walker and soon-to-be fosterer, speaks with psychologists, behaviourists, artists, and everyday dog guardians to explore what our treatment of dogs reveals about us as individuals and as a society. This isn’t a how-to. It’s a mirror. A space for asking better questions, challenging inherited beliefs, and living more intentionally, with dogs, and with ourselves. Because they’re never just a dog.

Episodes

Power, pain, and perception | What dogs teach us about control, care, and the systems that shape us | Rose Bao | RoseK9Behaviourist

October 9, 2025 • 119 mins
In this episode, I speak with Rose Bao, a canine behaviourist and counsellor whose work explores the emotional lives of dogs and the systems that have taught us to value obedience over understanding. Rose brings a rare mix of science, empathy and cultural reflection to the conversation, drawing on her background in biomedical engineering and her current research in Clinical Animal Behaviour at the University of Edinburgh. We talk a...
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The Dogs We Mirror | Guilt, Grief, and the Inner Work They Reveal | Hannah Greeno | Canine Facilitated Coaching

October 2, 2025 • 80 mins
In this episode I speak with Hannah Greeno, founder of Canine Needs and the practice of Canine Facilitated Coaching. With over 15 years’ experience in behaviour and training, as well as volunteering with Blue Cross Pet Loss Support, Hannah brings a rare perspective on how our dogs mirror back the parts of ourselves we often ignore.We explore how guilt, grief, projection and loneliness show up in our relationships with dogs, and how...
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Breeding, preservation and the hidden costs of our choices | Hasan Yiğit Aktaş | Yume Canine Academy

September 28, 2025 • 174 mins
This week I am joined by Hasan Yiğit Aktaş, an animal behaviourist and breeder of primitive and spitz breeds such as Akitas, Shibas and Shikokus.Hasan’s path into breeding began by accident, yet over time he has combined academic study in animal behaviour with the lived experience of generations of family breeding and hands-on work with horses and dogs.We explore what it might mean to breed for preservation rather than profit, the ...
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The Accidental Breeder: A conversation with primitive breeds breeder Hasan Yiğit Aktaş

September 25, 2025 • 87 mins
When Hasan Yiğit Aktaş’s Akita started gaining weight, his vet assured him it was a phantom pregnancy. Seven puppies later, he was a breeder—accidentally. That moment shaped a path Hasan never planned, but which now defines his life with dogs.Speaking from rural Lithuania, Hasan shares his journey with primitive breeds: Akitas, Shibas and the rare Shikoku.These are dogs with deep history, bred for specific purposes, and not always ...
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    Fostering as an Antidote to Disposable Dog Culture | Lisa | Long Term Foster Carer

    September 18, 2025 • 77 mins
    In this episode I sit down with Lisa, a long term foster carer for Galgos, Podencos, and mixed breeds to explore what fostering really means in the middle of today’s rescue crisis.Lisa shares the quiet routines that help traumatised dogs begin to trust again and the reality of letting them go so that another dog can take their place.But this is about more than one person’s foster story. It is about a wider culture that treats dogs ...
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    When Dogs Are Never Naughty | A Different Take on Canine Leadership | Judy Comer Calder | The Devon Dog Lady

    September 18, 2025 • 43 mins
    This episode explores a completely different perspective on dog guardianship through my conversation with Judy Comer-Calder, The Devon Dog Lady, whose philosophy centres on one core belief: dogs are never naughty - they're always doing their best.Judy works primarily with humans rather than dogs directly, believing most behavioural problems stem from humans accidentally teaching unwanted behaviours. We discuss her views on hierarch...
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    Tools, Training and Trust: A Balanced Trainer's Defense of Aversives | Jack Tutty | J&P Canine Academy | Part 2

    September 11, 2025 • 48 mins
    Jack Tutty returns to defend the most controversial tools in dog training, arguing they're kinder than alternatives we accept without question.This conversation challenges how we think about training tools and animal welfare. Jack breaks down what "aversive" actually means and questions why we accept certain methods whilst condemning others that may be less harmful.He argues our emotional reactions to specific words prevent objecti...
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    The Tools We Use | A Balanced Trainer's Perspective on Dogs, Control, and Controversy | Jack Tutty | J&P Canine Academy | Part 1

    September 4, 2025 • 58 mins
    Jack Tutty from J&P Canine Academy works with severe behavioural cases and trains competition dogs using methods many find controversial.In this two-part conversation, we explore the divide in dog training and what it reveals about how we approach difficult conversations.Jack specialises in reactivity and resource guarding cases.He trains his Rottweiler in IGP sport and uses tools like prong collars alongside positive reinforce...
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    Taking the Government to Court | XL Bully Ban | Sophie Coulthard | Don't Ban Me License Me | DBMLM

    August 27, 2025 • 63 mins
    When the UK government announced the XL Bully ban in September 2023, Sophie Coulthard went from posting dog training videos on TikTok to founding a grassroots movement that would raise over £200,000 and challenge the government in court.In this episode, Sophie reveals what really happens when breed-specific legislation becomes law - the hidden consequences that go far beyond what most people imagine, and why the system of identifyi...
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    Dogs deserve better | When good intentions meet broken systems | Nina May | Wunderdog Magazine

    August 20, 2025 • 55 mins
    In Episode 4, Nina May, founder of Wunderdog magazine, exposes the maddening contradictions in dog welfare. You can impulse-buy a puppy on Instagram and have it delivered like a takeaway. Yet rescue charities reject potential adopters for not having gardens in London. The system makes it easier to buy a poorly bred puppy from a dodgy dealer than to save a dog's life from a rescue.Nina herself - who runs a rescue dog magazine and kn...
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    Art as Advocacy | How Art Can Change the Way We See Rescue Dogs | Elena Marci | Pawtiqe

    August 14, 2025 • 74 mins
    ⚠️ This episode contains discussion of distressing topics including animal cruelty and mistreatment in the racing and hunting industries.Can beautiful photography change hearts and minds about rescue dogs? Elena Marci, the award-winning photographer behind Pawtiqe, believes it can.With a unique monochrome approach, Elena creates elegant, minimalistic black and white portraits that celebrate the subtle art of being a dog in London. ...
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    When Caring Hurts: Protecting Your Mental Health While Advocating for Dogs | Just a Dog Podcast

    August 7, 2025 • 62 mins
    We've all been there scrolling through social media, witnessing questionable advice or practices, and feeling that familiar surge of helplessness and frustration.With so much suffering in the world right now, from global conflicts to environmental destruction, many of us are experiencing what some are calling "global mourning."When we're already carrying this collective sadness, how do we honour our deep care for dogs without burni...
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    The Question That Changed Everything | Just a Dog Podcast

    July 30, 2025 • 7 mins
    What happens when a dog's grief forces you to question everything you thought you knew about dogs? Host Nadine shares the moment that changed her assumptions about canine emotions and launched her down a rabbit hole of discovery that's taken her from Parliament to greyhound tracks to rescue centres across the UK.After witnessing a black cockapoo named Lola mourn the death of her father, Nadine realised she'd been fundamentally wron...
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